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Harland & Wolff has completed installation of 11 cranes from County Down supplier Walter Watson Ltd as it prepares to build three Fleet Solid Support ships for the armed forces. The cranes cost £1.5 million and form part of a £98.5 million modernisation and recapitalisation of the Belfast yard under Navantia UK. The final unit, a 20-metre semi-Goliath gantry crane, was commissioned at the end of August.
Chris McDonald MP visited Harland & Wolff in Belfast after the Government published its Defence Investment Plan and confirmed key naval programmes. Navantia UK said the Fleet Solid Support programme at the yard is on time and on budget, with three 39,000-tonne supply ships under construction for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary under the £1.6 billion contract.
President William Ruto launched the groundbreaking for the proposed Usenge Pier Phase I in Siaya County on Tuesday. Kenya Shipyards Limited is implementing the project for the Kenya Ports Authority, with Phase I covering site clearance, land reclamation, a 520-metre perimeter wall, a 200-metre jetty and landscaping over six months.